Above Surveying provides a new service incorporating a pioneering Geo-referencing Aerial Pyranometer (GAP) technology. The company combines its self-developed technology and UAV platform, inspection method and specially-designed analysis software in order to provide an accurate, consistent and valuable service aiming beyond the limits of traditional ground-based thermography and eyeball inspection currently in use across the industry. This in turn delivers valuable benefits to stakeholders, from asset owners to O&M technicians, enabling them to quickly understand, pinpoint and resolve anomalies and defects across vast areas of solar panels, ensuring optimum performance.
“Push Energy’s in-depth understanding of the solar sector and Buzzflyer’s pedigree in UAV design and operations make for a strong partnership in this dynamic sector” said Will Hitchcock, Above Surveying Managing Director. “We are extremely excited about this new venture which we believe will deliver significant benefits to those wanting to maximize the performance of their solar assets. Our experience shows that even a solar plant with zero string errors and a healthy performance ratio will almost certainly have a surprising number of defective modules. Our unique technology allows us to identify and categorise these defects with speed and efficiency so they can be addressed and optimum performance restored.”
The patent-pending GAP technology allows the company to accurately capture irradiance data which is then combined with thermographic imagery and temperature gradient information in order to methodically categorise changes and defects, right down to the cell level, across an entire solar plant. This brings a new level of precision to aerial thermographic surveying.
Clients benefit from comprehensive and easy access to data using the company’s own portal, including high-resolution imagery and reports, accessible via any internet-connected evice, whether in the office or on site.
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